Slingshot - (not recommended) is when a person runs at another person who bends down, grabs their foot and flings the person back into the crowd.Stage diving - often banned at venues, stage diving involves band members or members of the crowd leaping off the stage into the crowd to then crowd-surf, but there's a risk the crowd won't catch you and you can fall to the ground.Crowd-surfing - when a person is lifted above the heads of the crowd and carried to the front or side where someone, usually security, gently lowers them to the ground.Pogoing - when the crowd jumps up and down either on the spot or moving around and bouncing off each other.
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Slamdancing - another term used for moshing, as the crowd slams their full body into each other and pushes each other around.The aim is to slam into each other but to keep elbows down and not punch each other. Wall of death - when the crowd splits into halves which then run at each other during a music drop or prompt from the artist.Circle pit - when the crowd runs and jumps in a circle, pushing and bumping into each other, often leaving a clear space in the centre of the circle.The pit is usually behind the barrier near the front of the stage, usually in the centre where moshers dance aggressively, jumping, bumping and slamming into each other.Some pits can develop into the crowd swinging their arms and legs around, but if you are the only person doing that at a gig, you will be asked or forced to leave. Generally, arms should be kept in close to your chest. How violent a mosh pit gets depends on the type of music and the crowd at the gig. Festival director and executive producers, not Scott, were responsible for deciding when to end the concert, his attorney has said."A big one is don't be too macho everyone's there to have fun and knows what they're in there for, so don't go over the top and deliberately hurt someone." Scott was unaware of the full extent of what had happened until the next morning, his attorney has said, and the rapper offered to help with the families' funeral expenses. The concert continued for more than 30 minutes after it was declared a mass casualty event, and after police told the promoter to halt it, Houston Chief Troy Finner has said. What Scott and organizers knew of the unfolding tragedy before ending the concert is part of the police investigation. Deaths can occur in about 15-20 minutes in a crowd surging back and forth, he said. Ron Albarado, an acute care trauma surgeon, at UT Health Houston.
At least two other families also filed negligence lawsuits.Ĭompression asphyxia is caused by a force from the front or back preventing the lungs from expanding, said Dr. The family of Mirza Danish Baig, 27, sued organizers for negligence and wrongful death, alleging they failed to stop the show "when it was obvious they had lost complete control of the situation," according to their lawyer. There have been no charges filed by police but at least 200 lawsuits including several by family members of the deceased have been filed against 29-year-old Scott, festival promoter Live Nation Entertainment, the NRG Park concert venue, and others involved in the event. The medical examiner's finding could shape the direction of a police criminal investigation into the tragedy, which has shaken Houston and raised issues about crowd control and security at entertainment mega-events. His attorney and representatives for Live Nation did not reply to requests for comment.Ī Houston police spokesperson declined immediate comment. The findings "confirm Bharti's family's worst fears," he said.Ī spokesperson for Scott declined immediate comment. "Bharti Shahani suffered a horrific death as she was suffocated within a massive crowd," said attorney James Lassiter, who represents the Shahani family. “This re-opens a fresh wound for many families who are still trying to make sense of what happened," said Harris County's top executive Lina Hidalgo. The medical examiner ruled out homicide, or death caused by another person, in all 10 cases. Eyewitnesses said spectators fell to the ground and some were trampled by the crowd.
Victims were trapped and hemmed in by barricades on three sides, unable to escape as thousands of fans rushed toward the stage while Scott performed. Another 300 people were injured among the audience of 50,000 people. The victims, aged 9 to 27 years old, died of compression asphyxia, the examiner's report concluded, essentially crushed to death in the crowd surrounding the stage.
HOUSTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The 10 people who died in a stampede at rapper Travis Scott's concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston last month accidentally suffocated, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday.
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